“I've been working with Dan for a couple of years now, on multiple projects (PHP/MySQL mostly), and I'm delighted by the quality of his work. He's professional, fast, extremely reliable, and proactive, asking questions when he's unsure about my requirements, or suggesting better solutions than the one I thought about. All in all, a delight to work with. The only downside is that he's quite busy, working for multiple clients and other big projects. But he won't promise deadlines he cannot hold, and he's very open about it. This being said, I don't know many great programmers who are idle, so that's the price to pay...”

I myself am a VB.NET programmer, but way too busy to spend time on my "pet projects". I'm looking for a helping hand on one of those, a to-do list management application. I began to work on it, but it's nowhere I want it to be.

I've attached some specs and a quick introduction to show what I'm talking about. Obviously, the tasks here are just...

“This is by far, very far, my most disappointing experience on eLance. I hired Lucky to keep developing a VB .NET, standalone application. The specs were very clearly defined in a PDF file, the existing code was well commented, etc. First he told me he couldn't work on it right away because he had to prepare for an exam, then went dark for several weeks after that exam, then asked a question which was already answered in details in the specs. He would bill 20 minutes of work one week, 30 minutes the next. When I eventually asked me to send anything he has done so far, he immediately said he would, and went dark for two more weeks, at which point I cancelled the job. All in all, in almost 3 months, I haven't seen a single line of code. NOT A SINGLE ONE.
Maybe I was unlucky, maybe it was a difficult period for him, maybe he didn't have the qualifications to work on this project and didn't tell me, or maybe he simply needed a contractor who would continually breathe on his neck so he would do something. I don't know. But as far as this project is concerned, this was a complete fraud and waste of time. Extremely disappointing.”

“This has been a frustrating project for me. as I was in the Process of moving back home from Bots to Zim. I actual completed the project, my dilemma was that I worked off line most of the time so did not use Tracker for billing processes. I have actually completed the system, I loved the application so much I actual use it for my Own project tasks, I have even made a windows 8 phone version of the application. Now that I am back in Zim, and settled, I will be happy to send you the code if you still want it.”

“I've worked with Raffaello for over two years now, and I've been delighted by his services. He's a great communicator, fast, a bit of a security freak and paranoid mind (the kind of qualities you definitely want to see in a front-end Web system designer), and a great asset to add to your team. Out of the 15-20 freelancers I've been working with, definitely in the top 1 or 2.”

I've attached specifications I'd like you to review quickly before placing a bid.

This is the next step of a larger project, and I would like to hire on an hourly basis, as it will be difficult for me (and anyone else) to estimate how much time this job would require over the next few weeks and months.

“I gave th team a very tough job, and they nailed it down quickly and within budget. Good job. My only concern is that they did not comment the code very much, and did not adhere to the coding conventions I sent them, which generated a bit of code cleaning after the job was done.”

First of all, please consider submitting a bid, even if you wouldn't plan to work on this project before early 2013. The end of the year is very hectic for many programmers, and I wouldn't like to miss an opportunity to work with you for a timing issue.

This project involves the dynamic design of an Excel add-in (ribbon and dialog boxes) b...

“A delight to work with and an expert in his field, Bernard is both professional, proactive, and highly competent. He also has excellent communication skills, which at that level is rare enough to be worth mentioning. The only downside is that he's a bit expensive, but on eLance as in any aspect of our lives, we've all learned the hard way that you get what you pay for, and Bernard is definitely worth it.”

I'm developing my own to-do list management software (Visual Basic .NET 2008), and would like a programmer to help me add several features I don't have time to program myself. This project will likely evolve into a full-blown piece of software, and this job should be seen as the first step of a potential long-term work relationship. Therefo...

You come to this website to play a business simulation. You play the role of a company in a simulated business environment, and make decisions about product launches, pricing, advertising, research & development, etc. It is usually played in teams, and it's a very competitive...

You come to this website to play a business simulation. You play the role of a company in a simulated business environment, and make decisions about product launches, pricing, advertising, research & development, etc. It is usually played in teams, and it's a very competitive...

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